Roxane is a PI, a job she enjoys, but of course, it has some bad sides to it. Roxanne is still trying to get over the death of her father who was a cop. So many people tell her that she is just like her father, but she doesn't want people to think of her that way. Roxanne is still having a hard time dealing with his death. Tom, her father's partner is trying his best to help her. Not only are they great friends, but there are benefits that go along with it.

Roxanne gets a phone call from Danielle. Danielle's brother has been in jail on death row for about 15 years. Brad has been found guilty of killing his girlfriend Sarah. Danielle hires Roxanne to find Sarah as she doesn't feel that she is dead, she believes she has seen Sarah. On the same night of Sarah's disappearance, her parents were found dead.

Roxanne takes on the case and comes across some information in her father's study that shows another case of a young blonde that he had been working on. The young woman Mallory walked away from her husband and young child. Roxanne goes to speak to the husband and her young daughter Shelby. Just when Roxanne thinks that she is on to something, another young girl disappears and it just happens to be Shelby's best friend. Could this have something to do with the disappearance of Mallory?

Roxanne finds that her leads are taking her to a town called Belmont. For some reason, the police are not at all happy with her being in their town. Every time Roxanne steps front in Belmont, the cops show up. Roxanne was arrested once and sat in jail for over 12 hours. So what is the deal with the cops in Belmont?

Kirsten Lepionka writes a great mystery. Lepionka also writes not only the mystery but the hardship that Roxane is going through with the loss of her father. Even though this is a murder mystery, there is a little humor in this story. Roxanne while trying to get all the information she can, she still has a little time for romance.

Lepionka also shows how if you are bound and determined you can solve anything. I noticed that this is a debut novel. If THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK is any indication of her writing ability, I can't wait to read the next one. I am hoping that there will be more stories that have Roxanne in them. I would like to see if Roxanne and Tom make a go of their friendship with benefits.

So once again if you like murder mysteries THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK is a great book to pick up.

Book Summary

Nobody knows what happened to Sarah Cook. The beautiful blonde teenager disappeared fifteen years ago, the same night her parents were brutally murdered in their suburban Ohio home. Her boyfriend Brad Stockton—black and from the wrong side of the tracks—was convicted of the murders and is now on death row. Though he’s maintained his innocence all along, the clock is running out. His execution is only weeks away when his devoted sister insists she spied Sarah at an area gas station. Willing to try anything, she hires PI Roxane Weary to look at the case and see if she can locate Sarah.

Brad might be in a bad way, but private investigator Roxane Weary isn’t doing so hot herself. Still reeling from the recent death of her cop father in the line of duty, her main way of dealing with her grief has been working as little and drinking as much as possible. But Roxane finds herself drawn in to the story of Sarah's vanishing act, especially when she links the disappearance to one of her father’s unsolved murder cases involving another teen girl.

The stakes get higher as Roxane discovers that the two girls may not be the only beautiful blonde teenagers who’ve turned up missing or dead. As her investigation gets darker and darker, Roxane will have to risk everything to find the truth. Lives depend on her cracking this case—hers included.

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